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abc's pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: you're looking at a homegrown radical in ski mask preparing to terrorize the washington, d.c. area. yonathan meleku recorded this chilling video as he drove to target the marine corps museum near quantico, virginia in 2010. >> that's a military building and there's the building up there, the target. >> reporter: that's a 9-millimeter handgun with an extended clip. he starts shooting. you see the flare of the muzzle. roughly 19 shots fired. >> all hew akbar. >> reporter: he pleaded guilty to a shooting spree that also included the pentagon and two military recruiting stations. meleku is one of 50 homegrown radicals arrested in the last two years. no one was hurt, but these haunting images make plain the threat from within is real. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> all too real. >>> well, there's word the american aid worker rescued by navy s.e.a.l.s from kidnappers in somalia is reuniting now with her family. it's taking place at a u.s. air base in sicily where jessica buchanan and her danish colleague were undergoing what they call reint
abc's pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: you're looking at a homegrown radical in ski mask preparing to terrorize the washington, d.c. area. yonathan meleku recorded this chilling video as he drove to target the marine corps museum near quantico, virginia in 2010. >> that's a military building and there's the building up there, the target. >> reporter: that's a 9-millimeter handgun with an extended clip. he starts shooting. you see the flare of the muzzle. roughly 19 shots...
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pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> and turning now to politics. a major endorsement for the gop presidential candidate in last place, jon huntsman. the "boston globe" calls him bold and best prepared. a major snub against mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor. the globe widely read in new hampshire as well. that state's big primary set for tuesday. romney is so far ahead in new hampshire polls he is jumping ahead to south carolina. two weeks before the primary there. south carolina's governor officially endorsed him. romney must overcome deep reservations of some christian conservatives in the state. >>> conservative favorite these days, rick santorum earned $2 million in contributions since his near-win in iowa this week. but having a hard time appealing to new hampshire's moderates. he was actually booed off the stage last night after a pretty testy exchange about same-sex marriage. >>> school administrators in houston are investigating a major cheating scandal. about 200 high school seniors may have cheated on an english exam last mont
pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> and turning now to politics. a major endorsement for the gop presidential candidate in last place, jon huntsman. the "boston globe" calls him bold and best prepared. a major snub against mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor. the globe widely read in new hampshire as well. that state's big primary set for tuesday. romney is so far ahead in new hampshire polls he is jumping ahead to south carolina. two weeks before the primary...
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pierre thomas has this report. >> reporter: it was a routine depression investigation in ogden, utah. police officers descended on a home. they were met with a hail of gunfire. >> we heard multiple gunshot going off. sounded like ak47s. >> reporter: six officers hit, this officer, jared francum, hit and killed. >> agent francum was one of the more experienced agents in our unit, and will be sorely missed. >> narrator: the dreaded words heard too often. the number of police officers shot and killed is spiking. in fact, there have been six fatal shootings in the last seven days. >> i can't think of anything that really shows more disrespect toward society in general than the killing of a uniformed police officer. >> reporter: why the jump in police are using the arms race against criminals who can buy assault rifles. >> the officers aren't as well armed in cases as the criminals they're going up against. >> reporter: firing weapons, you can see the difference. this handgun is the type of weapon patrolmen usually carry on the beat. this ak47 assault-style rifle is showing up in the hands
pierre thomas has this report. >> reporter: it was a routine depression investigation in ogden, utah. police officers descended on a home. they were met with a hail of gunfire. >> we heard multiple gunshot going off. sounded like ak47s. >> reporter: six officers hit, this officer, jared francum, hit and killed. >> agent francum was one of the more experienced agents in our unit, and will be sorely missed. >> narrator: the dreaded words heard too often. the number...